מִפְּנֵ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִפְּנֵ֥י

   mi-pe-NE

   from before
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מִפְּנֵ֥י פְלִשְׁתִּֽים׃

   mi-pe-NE pe-lish-TIM

   from before Philistines
3. clause🔊 וַיֵּאָסְפ֨וּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֜ים לַחַיָּ֗ה וַתְּהִי־שָׁ֞ם חֶלְקַ֤ת הַשָּׂדֶה֙ מְלֵאָ֣ה עֲדָשִׁ֔ים וְהָעָ֥ם נָ֖ מִפְּנֵ֥י פְלִשְׁתִּֽים׃

   va-ye-as-FU pe-lish-TIM la-kha-YA va-te-HI-SHAM khel-KAT ha-sa-DE me-le-A a-da-SHIM ve-ha-AM NAS mi-pe-NE pe-lish-TIM

   and they were gathered Philistines to Lehi and there was there a portion of the field full lentils and the people fled from before Philistines
4. sentence🔊 וְאַחֲרָ֛יו שַׁמָּ֥א בֶן־אָגֵ֖א הָרָרִ֑י וַיֵּאָסְפ֨וּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֜ים לַחַיָּ֗ה וַתְּהִי־שָׁ֞ם חֶלְקַ֤ת הַשָּׂדֶה֙ מְלֵאָ֣ה עֲדָשִׁ֔ים וְהָעָ֥ם נָ֖ מִפְּנֵ֥י פְלִשְׁתִּֽים׃

   ve-a-kha-ra-V sha-MA ven-o-GE ha-ra-RI va-ye-as-FU pe-lish-TIM la-kha-YA va-te-HI-SHAM khel-KAT ha-sa-DE me-le-A a-da-SHIM ve-ha-AM NAS mi-pe-NE pe-lish-TIM

   and after him Shammah son of Agee the Hararite and they were gathered Philistines to Lehi and there was there a portion of the field full lentils and the people fled from before Philistines

Exegesis

The final clause ve-ha’am nas mi-penei Pelishtim {וְהָעָם נָס מִפְּנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים | wə-hā-ʿāmm nās min-pə-nê pə-lîš-tîm} ‘and the people fled before the Philistines’ preserves subject–verb–prepositional phrase order, emphasizing the flight. By placing the location marker la-chayyah before the terrain description, the text foregrounds geographic context before action.